Fortified vs Distilled - What's the difference?
fortified | distilled |
(fortify)
To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces.
To impart strength or vigor to.
* Sir Walter Scott
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To increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients.
* 1979 , Kiplinger's Personal Finance (volume 33, number 7, July 1979, page 47)
(British, Canada) (distil)
(US) (distill)
As verbs the difference between fortified and distilled
is that fortified is past tense of fortify while distilled is past tense of distil.fortified
English
Verb
(head)fortify
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to fortify his resolution.
- Compare the nutrition information label of a regular ready-to-eat fortified cereal with that of a presweetened brand and you'll note that, although the sweetened one's sugar content is higher, the fortification is virtually identical.